What's your thoughts on the UKs government gonorrhoea vaccination programme?

[purplepoppy]

Scotland, England and N Ireland are to roll out a vaccination programme to help stem the spread of gonorrhoea. However, the vaccine is only 30% effective. It will be targeted at high risk groups, including blacks, gays, sex workers etc.

I know government vaccination programmes can be controversial so what's your thoughts?

[Syntosi]

Good. Keep going with vaccination programs. Also, even if the effectiveness is only 30% that is perfectly fine. Vaccines does not eradicate diseases by being 100% effective, they eradicate diseases by lowering the diseases R0 value to the point where it slows down and dies naturally.

The R0 value of gonorrhoea is not very high which means a slight push might be all you need to push it into extinction.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Wow lol, this example is so perfect !

This answer brings so much context that the OP's question takes a whole new meaning !

[AviatorTom]

I don't know much about it, but I wonder what the complications are if the vaccine is only 30% effective.

Is this going to be a voluntary thing, or are people in those groups required to get the vaccine?

[purplepoppy]

As I understand they're going to be encouraged rather than forced

[AviatorTom]

@purplepoppy We're "encouraged" to pay taxes, aren't we?

[AviatorTom]

Thanks for MHO

[Anonymous]

Easier to just start chopping off dicks. Avoid multi STD's in one slice.

[OlderAndWiser]

Any vaccination that is only 30% effective should not be administered unless there is an imminent and overwhelming threat to pubic health.

[andreasderjuengere]

If sex workers count as ''high risk'' - then I wonder about their 'customers'...

Gonorrhoea reminds me of two things:

- proper English spelling,

and

- Alex Harvey

https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4zgED9Vhb4

... apparently, the topic isn't a new one.

[mstbooblover]

Although I wasn't aware of a gonorrhoea epidemy, people taking more risks in their sexual life should in any case accept the vaccination. Let's still keep in mind there are many other sexual transmissible deseases !

[Geo1970]

I personally haven’t heard anything about this, but I can tell you this, there is no way I would trust it let participate!


Back in 2019 I was anti vaccine, COVID 19, well apparently two vaccine's knocked up in a matter of months were supposed to do the job. I am still anti-vaccine and I don’t care if people stick their noses up at me.


Unless a vaccine has been tried for years until it is properly approved……never ever even consider it.

[matchrestore]

30% is better than zero. And eliminating 30% of new cases gives you 30% less carriers of the disease to spread it, so it's effectiveness really compounds over time.

[Chazmatazz269]

As long as they’re just making it available and not forcing it on people, i support it.

[oldpigg]

I study medicine, however, the truth is I am against the government promoting treatments for sexually transmitted infections; these infections are necessary to purge society of so many promiscuous people.

[Surely]

Probably the vaccine will cause an increase in gonorrhoea. Since people will think that they are protected from getting the virus.

[DrPepper12]

At only 30% efficacy I would really have to consider the unintended side effects or, and hear me out, I know it's crazy, but what if we just practice safe sex?

[bolverk]

There is a simpler solution to this supposed 'spread' of gonorrhoea and that is to practice Safe Sex,
There is no way that I would accept a supposed 'vaccine' that is only 30% effective.

[Shiprex]

It should be a good idea as the promiscuity epidemic brought about by feminism on steroids is out of control.

[DJB72]

Sounds like another reason to wait for Labour to get voted out before I come home. What's "available" today will be mandatory soon...

[exitseven]

I did not know that there was a vaccine for the clap.

[purplepoppy]

There isn't. It's the meningitis B one you give to kids. Apparently it works on the clap too.

[mstbooblover]

Interesting !

[Dargil]

I'm sure the government is clapping.

[genericname85]

as long as it's not forced, vaccines are completely fine.

[AngryCarl2]

I do favour the government being vaccinated.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Blacks are at high risk for gonorrhoea? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[purplepoppy]

That's what the government says.

[In_Trance]

I think everybody in the UK needs to stop eating dirty crotch

[robocop666]

vaccines failed against measles. Sugar cube with polio eradicated polio. Go back to that.

[Anonymous]

Good programme.

[Wiredone]

I had no idea there was such a vaccine